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Update: Owner of Rhinebeck black walnut will save trunk

John Ferro, Poughkeepsie Journal 11:38 a.m. EDT September 4, 2014

The last remnants of a state champion black walnut have been claimed by nature's fury

This 200-year-old tree on the front lawn of the historic Schuyler House in Rhinebeck, destroyed in a storm on July 23, was known as the state’s “champion” black walnut tree.(Photo: Spencer Ainsley/Poughkeepsie Journal)

RHINEBECK – The surviving remnants of a former state champion black walnut tree have been felled by another storm.

The last living pieces of the tree at Schuyler Grove on Miller Road, the 18th century former home of Phillip J. Schuyler, came down during a storm on Aug. 30, according to Scott Ian Barry, a resident of the apartments there.